Comments on: Goals Continued: How Daily Goals Elope with Performance Goals http://mementum.org/blog/2008/11/goals-continued-how-daily-goals-elope-with-performance-goals/ Move with Meaning. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:02:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The paper | Mementum http://mementum.org/blog/2008/11/goals-continued-how-daily-goals-elope-with-performance-goals/#comment-3830 The paper | Mementum Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:48:43 +0000 http://mementum.org/blog/?p=279#comment-3830 [...] feels pretty good. I can see significant success, rally around what I’ve accomplished and reflect on the areas I came up [...] [...] feels pretty good. I can see significant success, rally around what I’ve accomplished and reflect on the areas I came up [...]

]]> By: Brian http://mementum.org/blog/2008/11/goals-continued-how-daily-goals-elope-with-performance-goals/#comment-1857 Brian Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:03:34 +0000 http://mementum.org/blog/?p=279#comment-1857 "If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." -Thomas A. Edison Great distinction between daily goals and performance goals; and perfect point on their interactions as well. To me it's like training for a marathon. The daily or weekly goals you set up and follow are the building blocks for the big ticket. Cross off all those daily goals and the confidence and preparation will guide you across the finish line with a big smile on the face, asking for a lime to add to your celebratory brew. Something I would add is that it takes awhile to understand your appetite for daily goals. Make the goals too easy and your productivity is still sitting on the table when you throw that post it note away. Make the goals too ambitious and your repeatedly unfinished post it note just makes it easier and easier to leave the goals for tomorrow. My advice is a ten minute review at the end of a week, just giving yourself some honest feedback not on how focused you were, but on how effective your daily goals were. Even Tiger Woods refines his swing. “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
-Thomas A. Edison

Great distinction between daily goals and performance goals; and perfect point on their interactions as well. To me it’s like training for a marathon. The daily or weekly goals you set up and follow are the building blocks for the big ticket. Cross off all those daily goals and the confidence and preparation will guide you across the finish line with a big smile on the face, asking for a lime to add to your celebratory brew.

Something I would add is that it takes awhile to understand your appetite for daily goals. Make the goals too easy and your productivity is still sitting on the table when you throw that post it note away. Make the goals too ambitious and your repeatedly unfinished post it note just makes it easier and easier to leave the goals for tomorrow.

My advice is a ten minute review at the end of a week, just giving yourself some honest feedback not on how focused you were, but on how effective your daily goals were. Even Tiger Woods refines his swing.

]]> By: Juan http://mementum.org/blog/2008/11/goals-continued-how-daily-goals-elope-with-performance-goals/#comment-1819 Juan Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:04:39 +0000 http://mementum.org/blog/?p=279#comment-1819 Great Post! I like focusing on Performance more than in Daily Goals. Why? Completion of task list does not always equals achieving the Performance Goal and sometimes, we tend to add unnecessary steps. Success in business for me is not as clear path as climbing the Batu caves' stairs. The way a found efficient % of completion of your Performance Goal, more than % of completion of your daily Goals. My daily victory is enjoying the way to the performance goal... after all, i don't care what step i am if i'm enjoying the way to the top Great Post! I like focusing on Performance more than in Daily Goals. Why? Completion of task list does not always equals achieving the Performance Goal and sometimes, we tend to add unnecessary steps. Success in business for me is not as clear path as climbing the Batu caves’ stairs. The way a found efficient % of completion of your Performance Goal, more than % of completion of your daily Goals.
My daily victory is enjoying the way to the performance goal… after all, i don’t care what step i am if i’m enjoying the way to the top

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